Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-30
INTER STATE COMMERCE CON-
MISSION.

The president last week appointed
the Eve members Of the interstate COM
merce commission, as follows:
Thomas VI. Cooley, republican, of
Michigan, for the term Of six years.
William r. Morrison, democrat, of
Illinois, TOR the term of five years.
Augustus Schoonmaker, democrat,
OF New York, for the term of four
years.
Aldace +. Walker, republican, of
Vermont, for the term of three years.
Walter a. Bragg, democrat, of Ala
bama, for the term Of two years.
Exrepresentative Morrison's public
services are familiar. lie was born i'm
Monroe county. ILL.,, i'm 1875, and was
four terms "A member and one term
speaker OF the Illinois house of repre-
scntatives. He has represented his dis
trict IN the 3sth. 43d, 44th, 18th, 10th,
18th 4Sth and 18th congresses.
Thomas VI. Cooley was born at Atti-
ca, y. y. e, in 1874, studied law in that
state, and removed To Michigan in
1913, where he has since resided. In
1851 he was elected compiler of the
state laws, and in 1857 reporter of the
supreme court. In 1859 lie was chosen
By the regents as commissioner To or
ganiZe the law department of the Uni
versity of Michigan, and he has ever
since been connected with it. In 1864
he was elected justice of the supreme
court, and was r. elected i'm lS69land in
1871. lie was nominated 10y the Tepub-
leans for reelection in 1885 and was
defeated. Mr.. Cooley was recently ap-
pointed by United States Judge Gresh-
am TO be receiver of the Wabash rail-
road company.
Aldace +. Walker is Vermont law
yer, about "A years old, republican in
politics. who studied law with Senator
Edmunds. served az colonel in the un-
ion army, and has since then practiced
law at Rutland. In the Vermont SEN
ate he has taken leading part in franz
ing legislation TO solve the railway
problem, and had given much study to
the question.
August SHOEMAKER. OF Kingston,
y. Y, was born in Ulster county Mar.
2d, 1928, and is lawyer in active prac-
',cc. lie has always been q democrat
in politics. lie has been county judge
OF his county, and the candidate of his
party for supreme court judge. He
was state senator during Governor
llIuen term rs governor, ana was one
OF the leaders in the legislature on
whom Mr.. Tilden relied 10 carry out
his refOI I'm measures. lie was always
a close personal and political friend of
Mr.. Tilden. Mr.. SchOonmaker was at
torney-general of New York state in
1878 and 1879. Judge SchOOnmaker is
now n member Of the civil service COM
mission of New York state, having
been appointed by Gov. Cleveland and
retained III Office by Gov. Hill.
Walter l.. Bragg was born in Ala
bama in 1888, but resided in Arkansas
from 1913 until 1851. lie was educat-
ed at Harvard University and Cam
bridge Law School, and practiced law
in Arkansas. At the close of the war he
settled in Alabama, and was for some
years the law partner Of Gen. Morgan.
He has been a leading democrat in that
state for some years. and has served as
national delegate, presidential elector.
and member of the democratic nation
nj committee. In 1881 he was made
president Of the Alabama state railroad
commission, and served in that place
four years, during which time many
important questions arising between
the railroads and their customers
were satisfactorily adjusted.